So what can we really expect? Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac tweeted, "I really think that the best way to think about iOS 7 is the most recent Podcasts update. Scrap the skeum, but not make it very different."

"Skeum" is short for "skeuomorphism," which is often used to describe Apple's tendency to make its apps look like real life objects.

In Apple's original Podcasts app, if you pressed on the screen playing a podcast you saw this:

As you can see, it's a digital representation of a tape reel. Why? We have no idea. A podcast is not recorded on reel to reel tape, nor is is played on tape.

From what Gurman is tweeting, it sounds like Apple isn't going to swing iOS so wildly that it ends up looking totally flat like this.

It sounds like Apple is going to tone down iOS so that it's simpler overall. It's going to kill off excess animations and design, while still retaining some of the nice shading that makes apps look like they have some depth on the screen.